Local Notices and Social Happenings Echo Through Town
Local items report contractor activity by N. E. Oberg and J. H. Lang, theater events at the opera house, and travels of residents. W. Lovejoy and sons head toward Mountain. old prospector offers mining expertise. Dramatic company tours Cumberland with hospitality praised. Public notices include court sessions, mayoral and council nominations, and church distribution plans for Bear Lake residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Post
Fossil
W. Lovejoy
Mountain
Kemmerer
Mont- Examiner
Home Dramatic Company
Cumberland
Lage
Dige
Craig
Ineen
Oil Drill Advances Across Rock Formations
The Consolidated drill in Idaho Wyoming reports solid cretaceous rock at 814 feet after drilling through mud. Contractor Bailey notes progress toward oil-bearing deposits as casing arrival delays operations and rivals from El Rio Verde at Hilliard and Western Wyoming at Spring Valley compete. News Register notes thirty one rigs at Hilliard and multiple sites.
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O Consolidated
Bailey
Baisley
Hilliard
Spring Valley District
Round Mountain
Possil
News Register
el Rio Verde Co
Western Wyoming Company
Spring Valley
Consolidated Company
Fossil
Wool Clip in Wyoming Tops Fourteen Million Pounds
Figures from the Cheyenne Tribune show Wyoming's wool clip this year at 31,110,000 pounds valued around 3.5 million dollars at current prices. Uinta County reports 4,090,000 pounds. Herders flood town for lambing and shearing at Fossil with W. S. Post building a new corral claimed to be the best in the state. About 50,000 lambs booked for shearing, expected to reach 100,000 to 150,000, boosting business for sixty days amid oil prospects drawing attention.
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Cheyenne Tribune
Wyoming
Fossil
W. 8
Post
Old Town
Local Official Switches Party Affiliation in 1902
Kemmerer Wy April 28 1902 a local signer declares severing ties with the Democratic party and pledges support for Republican principles from Washington under President Theodore Roosevelt. The statement cites prior rheumatic illness and praises Chamberlains Pain Hall prior to treatment.
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Republican Party
Two Japanese Workers Killed In Kemmerer Yard Accident
At Kemmerer in the Short Line yards a switch engine 686 ran over two Japanese laborers on Sunday early. One man died instantly, the other lost both legs and died later at Pocatello hospital. An inquest exonerated the switch crew and Oregon Short Line Railroad from blame with conflicting evidence on intoxication.
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Kemmerer
Glencoe
W. A. Hocker
Short Lins
Pocatello
Rosenberg
C. B. Ware
W. J. Madson
C.H. Hager
Oregon Short Line Railroad Company
Frm
Weather, visits, and local business in Kemmerer notes
The Kemmerer column reports Dr G R Gilbert visiting Cumberland, Rev Wather Reis from Evanston staying with Father Ducheaneau, and various town visitors including Postmaster Carnahan and Sheriff Frank James. It mentions weather disruptions, oil land sale notices, mine inspections, church events, school elections, and forthcoming local building work and the 10th P anniversary ball.
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G. R. Gilbert
Cumberland
Wather Reis
Evanston
Ducheaneau
Ladies’ Aid Society
Mikens
Noah Young
Diamondville
Father Blakuik
Pueblo
Cub
Frank James
Kemmerer
Fossil
Julius Anderson
Sixth Avenue
Moline
Ill
Carey
Green River
M. F. Naylin
Pocatello
Kemmerer caucus for mayor and council nominations set
A mass meeting at the Kemmerer opera house on Tuesday evening April 29 will nominate one candidate for mayor and two for city council to be voted at the May 12 municipal election. Also notes a Salt Lake obituary for James E. O'Brien, former Utah Commercial manager and Kemmerer bookkeeper, age 28. Electric Bitters praised as malaria and stomach remedy with a 1 dollar guarantee.
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Kemmerer
Opera House
Salt Lake
James E. O'Brien
Utah Commercial Company
W. S. Post
O'Brien
Pennsylvania
St. Mary's Cathedral
Virginia
John Charleston Byesville
G. D. Murchison
State of
Wyoming
Uinta
Kemmerer Oil and Development Co Holds Annual Meeting
The Kemmerer Oil and Development Company plans its annual meeting at the First National Bank of Kemmerer on Wednesday evening May 7 1902 to elect nine trustees for the coming year and transact any other lawful business. The notice is signed by President W S Avesy and Secretary D S Lawure.
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Kemmerer
Isadore Freedman
Fossil
Post
Mr. Cooper
Lois
Victor Swith
Opera House
Casey Grand
Kemmerer Oil and Development Company
First National Bank of Kemmerer
At & O
Avesy
Lawure
Ten Years in the Pen and Dimondville Murder Case
The article recounts Thomas Sanford sentenced to ten years for manslaughter in the December murder of Eugene Turner at Dimondville. Sanford and his wife ran a restaurant. defense claimed jealousy over his wife. A Missouri witness testified of a prior marriage to the woman and elopement with Sanford. A separate case, George Johnson’s assault at a Dimondville saloon, and the State v Jack Monard and Staner v Cane Langley are noted with unclear outcomes.
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Thatia de Sentenes
Thos Sanford
Eugene Turner
Dimondville
Gearg
Onsy
Sanford
Parner
Missouri
Ale
George Johnnson
Aalaon
Snantha
Jack "Monard
Staner
Isn Langley
Election Proclamation by the Mayor
J G Casny mayor proclaims an official election notice with the town clerk D Lownie signing Attest. The document records a formal municipal proclamation for upcoming local electoral actions.
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J. G. Casny
Atteat
D. 8. Lownie
Sear
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Idaho
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Rock Springs
Fred Bryden
the Depot
Hailey
R. W. Farmer
Opal
Big Piney
D. G. Murchison
Hawker
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Harria
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Boston-Wyoming Mercantile Company
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Coumerries
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Inter-Mountain Farmer and Ranchman
Salt Lake Tribune
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Kemmerer, Wyo
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